PlantTFDB
PlantRegMap/PlantTFDB v5.0
Plant Transcription Factor Database
Daucus carota
ERF Family
Species TF ID Description
DCAR_000319ERF family protein
DCAR_000752ERF family protein
DCAR_001150ERF family protein
DCAR_001392ERF family protein
DCAR_001981ERF family protein
DCAR_002323ERF family protein
DCAR_002324ERF family protein
DCAR_002486ERF family protein
DCAR_002662ERF family protein
DCAR_003079ERF family protein
DCAR_003513ERF family protein
DCAR_003514ERF family protein
DCAR_004053ERF family protein
DCAR_004054ERF family protein
DCAR_004450ERF family protein
DCAR_004471ERF family protein
DCAR_004609ERF family protein
DCAR_004990ERF family protein
DCAR_004997ERF family protein
DCAR_005023ERF family protein
DCAR_005039ERF family protein
DCAR_005227ERF family protein
DCAR_005691ERF family protein
DCAR_005784ERF family protein
DCAR_006520ERF family protein
DCAR_006575ERF family protein
DCAR_006583ERF family protein
DCAR_006584ERF family protein
DCAR_006761ERF family protein
DCAR_006849ERF family protein
DCAR_007054ERF family protein
DCAR_007241ERF family protein
DCAR_007656ERF family protein
DCAR_007742ERF family protein
DCAR_007860ERF family protein
DCAR_007861ERF family protein
DCAR_008014ERF family protein
DCAR_008015ERF family protein
DCAR_008016ERF family protein
DCAR_008017ERF family protein
DCAR_008019ERF family protein
DCAR_008342ERF family protein
DCAR_008343ERF family protein
DCAR_008521ERF family protein
DCAR_008538ERF family protein
DCAR_008717ERF family protein
DCAR_008814ERF family protein
DCAR_008891ERF family protein
DCAR_008892ERF family protein
DCAR_008908ERF family protein
DCAR_009053ERF family protein
DCAR_009396ERF family protein
DCAR_009398ERF family protein
DCAR_009399ERF family protein
DCAR_009400ERF family protein
DCAR_009401ERF family protein
DCAR_009402ERF family protein
DCAR_009403ERF family protein
DCAR_009457ERF family protein
DCAR_010609ERF family protein
DCAR_010628ERF family protein
DCAR_010855ERF family protein
DCAR_010871ERF family protein
DCAR_011075ERF family protein
DCAR_011469ERF family protein
DCAR_011508ERF family protein
DCAR_011542ERF family protein
DCAR_011853ERF family protein
DCAR_011934ERF family protein
DCAR_012051ERF family protein
DCAR_012541ERF family protein
DCAR_012542ERF family protein
DCAR_012543ERF family protein
DCAR_012671ERF family protein
DCAR_012730ERF family protein
DCAR_012996ERF family protein
DCAR_013029ERF family protein
DCAR_013121ERF family protein
DCAR_013680ERF family protein
DCAR_013815ERF family protein
DCAR_013839ERF family protein
DCAR_014103ERF family protein
DCAR_014151ERF family protein
DCAR_014152ERF family protein
DCAR_014234ERF family protein
DCAR_014446ERF family protein
DCAR_014458ERF family protein
DCAR_014630ERF family protein
DCAR_014631ERF family protein
DCAR_014633ERF family protein
DCAR_015840ERF family protein
DCAR_015841ERF family protein
DCAR_015846ERF family protein
DCAR_015847ERF family protein
DCAR_015850ERF family protein
DCAR_015853ERF family protein
DCAR_016007ERF family protein
DCAR_016199ERF family protein
DCAR_016257ERF family protein
DCAR_016284ERF family protein
DCAR_016292ERF family protein
DCAR_016339ERF family protein
DCAR_016651ERF family protein
DCAR_016997ERF family protein
DCAR_017405ERF family protein
DCAR_017811ERF family protein
DCAR_017975ERF family protein
DCAR_018076ERF family protein
DCAR_018155ERF family protein
DCAR_018156ERF family protein
DCAR_018157ERF family protein
DCAR_018158ERF family protein
DCAR_018162ERF family protein
DCAR_018163ERF family protein
DCAR_018316ERF family protein
DCAR_018423ERF family protein
DCAR_018477ERF family protein
DCAR_018478ERF family protein
DCAR_018576ERF family protein
DCAR_018636ERF family protein
DCAR_018870ERF family protein
DCAR_019428ERF family protein
DCAR_019874ERF family protein
DCAR_020226ERF family protein
DCAR_020228ERF family protein
DCAR_020229ERF family protein
DCAR_020298ERF family protein
DCAR_020448ERF family protein
DCAR_021135ERF family protein
DCAR_021235ERF family protein
DCAR_021257ERF family protein
DCAR_021331ERF family protein
DCAR_021563ERF family protein
DCAR_022022ERF family protein
DCAR_022156ERF family protein
DCAR_022654ERF family protein
DCAR_023072ERF family protein
DCAR_023305ERF family protein
DCAR_023661ERF family protein
DCAR_023878ERF family protein
DCAR_024245ERF family protein
DCAR_024472ERF family protein
DCAR_024771ERF family protein
DCAR_025014ERF family protein
DCAR_025067ERF family protein
DCAR_025068ERF family protein
DCAR_025238ERF family protein
DCAR_025387ERF family protein
DCAR_025470ERF family protein
DCAR_025583ERF family protein
DCAR_025650ERF family protein
DCAR_026342ERF family protein
DCAR_026614ERF family protein
DCAR_027050ERF family protein
DCAR_027093ERF family protein
DCAR_027309ERF family protein
DCAR_027541ERF family protein
DCAR_027706ERF family protein
DCAR_027724ERF family protein
DCAR_027750ERF family protein
DCAR_027766ERF family protein
DCAR_028029ERF family protein
DCAR_028030ERF family protein
DCAR_028477ERF family protein
DCAR_028674ERF family protein
DCAR_028883ERF family protein
DCAR_029052ERF family protein
DCAR_029462ERF family protein
DCAR_029463ERF family protein
DCAR_029465ERF family protein
DCAR_029745ERF family protein
DCAR_029746ERF family protein
DCAR_029885ERF family protein
DCAR_030739ERF family protein
DCAR_030912ERF family protein
DCAR_030925ERF family protein
DCAR_030929ERF family protein
ERF Family Introduction

The AP2/ERF superfamily is defined by the AP2/ERF domain, which consists of about 60 to 70 amino acids and is involved in DNA binding. These three families have been defined as follows. The AP2 family proteins contain two repeated AP2/ERF domains, the ERF family proteins contain a single AP2/ERF domain, and the RAV family proteins contain a B3 domain, which is a DNA-binding domain conserved in other plant-specific transcription factors, in addition to the single AP2/ERF domain.

It has been demonstrated that the AP2/ERF proteins have important functions in the transcriptional regulation of a variety of biological processes related to growth and development, as well as various responses to environmental stimuli.

After finding the tobacco ERFs, many proteins in the ERF family were identified and implicated in many diverse functions in cellular processes, such as hormonal signal transduction, response to biotic and abiotic stresses, regulation of metabolism, and in developmental processes in various plant species.

Toshitsugu Nakano, Kaoru Suzuki, Tatsuhito Fujimura, and Hideaki Shinshi.
Genome-wide analysis of the ERF gene family in Arabidopsis and rice.
Plant Physiol, 2006. 140(2): p. 411-32.
PMID: 16407444


The first class are proteins which bind to ethylene response elements (ERE) or GCC boxes (tobacco EREBPs, Arabidopsis AtEBP and AtERF1-5, and tomato Pti4-6) found in the promoters of ethylene-inducible pathogenesis related genes. The GCC box is an 11 bp sequence (TAAGAGCCGCC) with a core GCCGCC sequence that is required for binding.
The second class includes proteins that bind to the C-repeat or dehydration response element (DRE) in the promoters of genes that are turned on in response to low temperatures and/or water deficit (CBF1, CBF2, CBF3/DREB1A and DREB2A). The C-repeat/DREs contain the core sequence CCGAC.

Nole-Wilson S, Krizek BA.
DNA binding properties of the Arabidopsis floral development protein AINTEGUMENTA.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2000 Nov 1;28(21):4076-82. Erratum in: Nucleic Acids Res 2001 Mar 1;29(5):1261.
PMID: 11058102